differential
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7.4
- noun
- /ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃəl/
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diferencial
- The next set of controls examines how employer characteristics affect the salary differential.
- power differential
- price differentials
- interest rate differential
Natural selection is the differential survival of genes in gene pools.
- Natural selection is the differential survival of genes in gene pools.
- So there's a really interesting differential of knowledge in this moment.
- When in fact that's just a a perception differential.
- It's a huge country with more interesting than that is it has a huge height differential.
- And we'll use that differential, that income differential to control, punish, or to harness as a sort of weapon to get what they need.
Examples
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Enough has been presented to give room for the differential in intellectual make-up.
Academic text (1990) -
So there's a really interesting differential of knowledge in this moment.
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Let us begin with the quality differential.
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However, neither student teacher reported feeling that this power differential made them uncomfortable or took away from their experience.
Academic text (2011) -
The empirical results suggest that the racial differential is due to a complex of issues.
Academic text (2017) -
Their relationship with the local is not an equal one, and this power differential merits explicit attention.
Academic text (2008) -
There will be ideologies created to justify the differential in playing time.
Academic text (1999) -
In the private pension system, by contrast, salary differentials between men and women increase after retirement.
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The sustained economic growth generated by NAFTA would narrow income differentials by creating jobs.
Academic text (1993) -
The study highlighted the income differential between urban and rural areas.
Synonyms
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3.4
A feature that makes something different from others
54
4.4
A quality that makes a person or thing different
4
6.0
A quality that makes someone or something stand out from others
3
7.2
A quality that makes one product, person, or idea different
3
4.0
A feature that makes someone or something different from others
3
4.5
A state when two things or people are not alike
2
4.1
A clear quality that makes a person or thing different
1
3.7
A quality that makes a person or thing stand out
1
5.6
Being clearly different from others
1
6.3
The fact that two things are not the same
A feature that shows a difference between things
A feature that shows how one species is different from others in the same group
A clear difference between two or more things
How different two things are when you compare them
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.4
An equation that shows how a number or amount changes using its rate of change
- Specialized
3
6.1
A way for a doctor to tell one disease from another when symptoms are similar
- Specialized
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8.0
The part of mathematics that studies how things change and how fast, like speed or temperature change
- Specialized
1
9.6
An equation that shows how a value changes when two or more things change
- Specialized
The change in total cost when you produce one more or one less item
- Specialized
A set of gears that lets two wheels turn at different speeds when a car turns
- Specialized
The smallest change in how strong a sound, touch, or light feels that a person can notice
- Specialized
The smallest change in what you see, hear, or taste that a person can notice
- Archaic
A machine with moving parts that solves equations about how things change
- Specialized
A test that counts each type of white blood cell in a small blood sample
How Distinctive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Differential (noun) comes from the same root as difference, meaning 'what makes things not the same'. A differential is a feature or factor that sets one thing apart from another, so the origin links directly to its meaning.